This report was prepared under the supervision of Jens Sedemund and co-ordinated by Stephanie Lyons. Jorge Moreira da Silva (Director, OECD Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD)) and Haje Schütte (Senior Counsellor and Head, Financing for Sustainable Development Division, DCD) provided strategic guidance to the project.
The authors are Stephanie Lyons, Carolyn Neunuebel, Jens Sedemund and Özlem Taskin, with significant drafting contributed by Cushla Thompson and Dawn Wells. The report also benefitted from substantial contributions from Giorgio Gualberti, Jan Corfee‑Morlot (3CS) and Naeeda Crishna Morgado.
Particular thanks are expressed to Sabrina Bouldi, Stacey Bradbury, Juan Casado Asensio, Olivier Cattaneo, Stephanie Coic, Gianni Contestabile, Susan Hodgson, Nicolina Lamhauge, Clare Lannigan, Bérénice Lasfargues, Elise Le Marec, Kaori Miyamoto, Rachel Morris, Aline Renert-Djian, Erin Renner Cordell and Henri-Bernard Solignac‑Lecomte for their invaluable contributions to the project.
Thank you also to colleagues who provided guidance and input under the leadership of Rodolfo Lacy (Director, OECD Environment Directorate), including Simon Buckle, Lisa Danielson, Jane Ellis, Justine Garrett, Raphaël Jachnik, Kate Kooka, Zach Miskin and Andrew Prag.
The OECD would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions, particularly those who participated as members of the two advisory groups for the initiative: the High-Level Advisory Group, convened by Angel Gurría (OECD Secretary-General) and overseen by Jorge Moreira da Silva and Rodolfo Lacy, and the Informal Expert Group.
Members of the High-Level Advisory Group:
Adnan Amin (Director-General Emeritus, International Renewable Energy Agency); Yvo de Boer, (Former Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change); Patrick Dlamini (CEO, Development Bank of Southern Africa); Patricia Espinosa (Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change); Naoko Ishii (CEO and Chair, Global Environment Facility); Ma Jun (Chairman, Green Finance Committee of China Society for Finance and Banking, Special Advisor to the Governor of the People’s Bank of China); Sigrid Kaag (Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, The Netherlands); Rachel Kyte (Former CEO of Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for SEforALL and Co-Chair of UN-Energy); Joaquim Levy (Former Minister of Finance, Brazil; Former President, Brazilian Development Bank; Former Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, World Bank); Emma Navarro (Vice-President, European Investment Bank); Rémy Rioux (CEO, Agence Française de Développement, and President, International Development Finance Club); Richard Samans (Managing Director and Head of Policy and Institutional Impact, World Economic Forum); Andrew Steer (President and CEO, World Resources Institute); and Meg Taylor (Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum).
Members of the Informal Expert Group:
Esmyra P. Javier and Christian Ellermann (Asian Development Bank); Sandra Wibmer (Austrian Development Agency); Ubaldo Elizondo (CAF Development Bank of Latin America); Yekbun Gurgoz (Climate and Clean Air Coalition Secretariat, UN Environment); Barbara Buchner and Alex Clark (Climate Policy Initiative); Gianpiero Nacci and Sung-Ah Kyun (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development); Nancy Saich and Monica Scatasta (European Investment Bank); Outi Myatt-Hirvonen (Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland); Charlotte-Fleur Cristofari, Damien Navizet and Audrey Rojkoff (Agence Française de Développement, France); Christoph Bals, Sophie Bartosch and David Ryfisch (Germanwatch); Axel Olearius and Gülsüm Malci (GIZ, and also participating on behalf of BMZ); Kinga Csontos (Ministry for Innovation and Technology, Hungary); Ian Cochran and Alice Pauthier (Institute for Climate Economics); Lola Vallejo (Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations); Claudio Alatorre Frenk (Inter-American Development Bank); Alzbeta Klein (International Finance Corporation); Clare Shakya (International Institute for Environment and Development); Michelle Winthrop (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland); Ahmed Al Qabany (Islamic Development Bank); Karima Oustadi (Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea, Italy); Satoshi Watarai, Michinobu Aoyama, Haruna Suenaga, Kotaro Taniguchi, Kentaro Yoshida and Toru Yoshida (Japan International Cooperation Agency); Martina Jung and Alexander von Kap-herr (KfW); Alexandra Allen (Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Luxembourg); Clément Payeur, Alice Plane and Viviane Trèves (Ministère des affaires étrangères, France); Irene Knoben and Roelof Buffinga (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands); Mikkel Kallesoe (FMO); Hannah Fekete (NewClimate Institute); Charlene Watson and Shelagh Whitley (Overseas Development Institute); Hanna Wolf (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency); Sonia Dunlop, Dileimy Orozco and Helena Wright (E3G); Emma Dougan (Department for International Development, United Kingdom); Jennifer Baumwoll and Tim Scott (United Nations Development Programme), Natasha Delani Kuruppu, Sara Lærke Meltofte Trærup and Gabriela Prata Dias (United Nations Environment Programme); Gaia Larsen (World Resources Institute); and Richard Baron (2050 Pathways Platform).
In addition, the comments and suggestions provided by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and the DAC Network on Environment and Development Co-operation (ENVIRONET) are gratefully acknowledged.
The OECD convened a high-level roundtable to discuss its preliminary conclusions in the margins of the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit in New York in September 2019. The OECD is grateful to the global leaders on climate and development who participated in the roundtable and shared their insights.
The report was prepared for publication under the supervision of Stacey Bradbury, with graphic design by Stephanie Coic and Juria Young and editing by Susan Sachs. Thanks also go to OECD Public Affairs and Communication Directorate colleagues Anne-Lise Prigent and Janine Treves for content and editorial support and to Sara Casadevall Bellés and Jessica Voorhees for communications support.